The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-10
THE HEwRERRy HERALD AND NEWS THURSDAY NOVEMBER TO- 1887
NEWS N BRIEF.

NEWS II BRIEF.
Gen. +. G.. Latrobe was formally in
augurated mayor o. Baltimore at moor
| Monday for the fifth time.
Mis-. B. f. Rouse, the aged mother
of Chas. 4. Rouse, a millionaire mer'
chant of New York, was buried SUN
| day at Winchester, Va.
The Chicago Tribune has received
over $1,000 in subscriptions for the
| erection of a monument to the police
man killed by the Anarchists.
Mayor Hewitt has written letters to
President Cleveland and Health Of
! ticer Smith urging protection against
the importation of cholera by ships
from Italy.
It is estimated that the Southern
people will receive about S275, ZOO, 900
in payment for their cotton crop, of
which amount Sl50,000 will be surplus
available 70: reinforcement.
During the present autumn there
have sailed from New York for their
native lapd one hundred and sixty-six
Cinnamon, who will never return, hav-
ing become rich in the laundry busi-
| ness.
\ meeting of the medical men of
New Orleans was held on Saturday to
discuss the spread of dyphtheria in
that city. The meeting advised that
law be passed prohibiting public
funerals.
The Atlantic Coast Line have re-
duced their rates for continuous pas
sage tickets to Jacksonville, Fla, as
follows: From New York S27.75, Phil
adelphiaS26.75, Baltimore 1886, Wash
ington S22.75.
A special dispatch from Dubuque,
Iowa, dated November 6, says: Last
night several further attempts were
made to start fires in different parts of
the city, and the anxiety of property
holders naturally increases.
Fire at Reidsville, y. c., destroyed
the large tobacco factory Of H. Samp-
son {; Co., together with large stock
of tobacco. Loss on stock 1000, on
building and machinery 10000. It is
said to be covered by insurance.
The New York postoffice is overflow
ing with campaign documents. From
Friday noon to Monday noon ], ZOO, 900
newspaper prints were handled, 5000
letters and circulars and 2,230 sacks of
small matter, all on political subjects.
Secretary Lamar is to become an
| Associate Justice of the United States
Supreme Court. Villas is to succeed
him as Secretary Of the Interior, and
Don N. Dickinson Of Michigan will
succeed Villas as Postmaster General.
4 year ago Miss Clara Moore, of Gin
cinnati, vent to visit friends in Los.
Angeles, Cal. She had a few hundred
dollars with her, which she invested
in southern California lands, and in
the boom that followed she sold out
her property at gain of Sl25,000.
The steamer Hutchinson has led up
to the wharves of the Florida Southern
road, at Punta Gorda, on the Char
lotte harbor, demonstrating that ves-
sells drawing twelve feet Of water can
sail up to those wharves at extreme
low tide. Punta Gorda is ninety miles
nearer Cuba than Tampa.
The Southern Pacific Company's
steamer /. S. Harris, Capt. Thomas
Morgan, bound from Bluefields for
New Orleans, with 1000 punches ba-
nanas, 80 tons rubber, etc, struck To-
70 reefs on October - and sunk in two
hours. Her crew took to the boats
and reached Cape Gracias. The ves-
sci and cargo are total loss; no lnsu-
rance.
A terrific explosion of molten steel
occurred early November 5 at the
works of the Springfield, ILL.,, Iron
Company. Four tons of the liquid
metal were allowed to flow, through
some mishap, into wet receptacle,
and a frightful explosion ensued. The
officers in charge are reticent. 1t IS
learned that three men were severely
scalded.
Jay Gould an d party arrived at
Queenstown November 5. They had
stormy and rough passage.
News has been received at ST., Paul
de Leando of Stanley, who is reported
we'll on his way through the Congo
country.
The Tullamoore prison authorities
have ordered that VIM. O'Brien shall
wear the uniform prescribed by the
regulations for convicts.
At St. Petersburg eighteen young
army officers have oeen sentenced to
various terms of exile ia Siberia on
charges of connection with revolu-
tionary plot against the Government.
Eight thousand persons assembled
in front of Tuila1nore Jail November
6, accompanied by bands of music
plaving "God save Ireland" Mr..
O'Bren appeared at one of the win
dows aud waved his handkerchief.
The Freeman's Journal says that
Messrs. O'Brien anu Vaudeville have
been put on bread and water as pun
ishment for refusing to wear prison
garb.
Mail advfces per steamer City of
New York, arriving from Hong Kong,
stating that the typhoon which ragged
on the night Of the 18th of SepteInoer
struck the island of Hoi Ii. with its
full force. The total number of lives
sacrificed is difficult to ascertain, but
the general opinion is that one hundred
or two hundred persons were drowned.
On the islands at Chick Lung, some
ter miles distant from Ie Yung Kong,
some thirty-two lives were lost
and three passage boats sunk. The
island of Ling contains some thirty
two lives Of inhabindants Of fsamts.
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